Bloomberg Data Workflows

aid: bloomberg-data-workflows
name: Bloomberg Data Workflows
description: 'Bloomberg Data Workflows covers the programmatic paths institutional clients use to move Bloomberg''s financial
  data into their own systems: the Data License API, which delivers reference, pricing, regulatory and alternative data in
  bulk or per security over a JWT-authenticated REST/hypermedia endpoint at api.bloomberg.com/eap, over SFTP, or natively
  into the major cloud providers; and the Server API (SAPI), the shared-server deployment of BLPAPI that serves real-time
  subscription and historical request/response market data to applications across a firm. Both are gated behind an active
  Bloomberg Professional or Enterprise agreement. Bloomberg ships first-party BLPAPI SDKs for C++, Java, C# (.NET) and Python
  from its own distribution hosts, but publishes no OpenAPI, AsyncAPI, GraphQL schema or MCP server for either API, and keeps
  the API reference behind the DATA <GO> customer portal.'
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: false
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: contract
  onboarding: sales
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Enterprise contract
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - https://professional.bloomberg.com/products/data/data-license/
  generated: '2026-08-27'
  method: searched
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/bloomberg-data-workflows.png
x-docs-platform: redoc
x-docs-platform-confidence: medium
x-docs-platform-checked: 2026-09-20
tags:
- Enterprise Data
- Financial Analytics
- Financial Services
- Investment Management
- Market Data
- Reference Data
- Trading
tags_raw:
- Enterprise Data
- Financial Analytics
- Financial Services
- Investment Management
- Market Data
- Reference Data
- Trading
- Financial-Services
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bloomberg-data-workflows/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2024-01-01'
modified: '2026-09-16'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: bloomberg-data-workflows:bloomberg-data-license-api
  name: Bloomberg Data License API
  description: Batch and per-security delivery of Bloomberg's reference, pricing, regulatory and alternative data for integration
    into proprietary applications and workflows. The REST / hypermedia entry point is https://api.bloomberg.com/eap/; every
    request must carry a signed JWT (RFC 7519) issued against the customer's Data License credential file. The same content
    is also delivered over SFTP and natively into the major cloud providers.
  humanURL: https://professional.bloomberg.com/products/data/data-license/
  baseURL: https://api.bloomberg.com/eap
  tags:
  - Financial Data
  - Market Data
  - Pricing
  - Reference Data
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://professional.bloomberg.com/support/api-library/
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/bloomberg-data-workflows-authentication.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/bloomberg-data-workflows-problem-types.yml
- aid: bloomberg-data-workflows:bloomberg-server-api
  name: Bloomberg SAPI (Server API)
  description: 'The shared-server deployment of BLPAPI, providing real-time subscription and historical request/response market
    data to applications across a firm. SAPI is not an HTTP API: clients open a TCP session with the BLPAPI SDK against the
    customer''s own Server API host (the Desktop API equivalent is localhost:8194), so no public base URL exists. Identity
    is the firm''s Bloomberg entitlements, not a token.'
  humanURL: https://professional.bloomberg.com/products/data/data-connectivity/server-api/
  tags:
  - Historical Data
  - Market Data
  - Real-Time Data
  - Streaming
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://professional.bloomberg.com/support/api-library/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://bloomberg.github.io/blpapi-docs/
  - type: SDKs
    url: packages/bloomberg-data-workflows-packages.yml
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://bloomberg.com
- type: ParentCompany
  url: https://apis.io/providers/bloomberg/
  name: Bloomberg
  x-relationship: product
  x-generated-by: bloomberg-family:2026-08-27
- type: Portal
  url: https://developer.bloomberg.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://professional.bloomberg.com/support/api-library/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://bloomberg.github.io/blpapi-docs/
- type: Support
  url: https://professional.bloomberg.com/support/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/bloomberg
- type: Login
  url: https://bba.bloomberg.net/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.bloomberg.com/notices/tos/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.bloomberg.com/privacy/
- type: Packages
  url: packages/bloomberg-data-workflows-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/bloomberg-data-workflows-packages.yml
- type: CLI
  url: cli/bloomberg-data-workflows-cli.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/bloomberg-data-workflows-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/bloomberg-data-workflows-scopes.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/bloomberg-data-workflows-problem-types.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/bloomberg-data-workflows-conventions.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/bloomberg-data-workflows-conformance.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/bloomberg-data-workflows-lifecycle.yml
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/bloomberg-data-workflows-changelog.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/bloomberg-data-workflows-well-known.yml
- type: SecurityTxt
  url: well-known/bloomberg-data-workflows-security.txt
- type: Security
  url: https://www.bloomberg.com/.well-known/security.txt
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/bloomberg-data-workflows-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/bloomberg-data-workflows-domain-security.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/bloomberg-data-workflows-llms.txt
- type: Plans
  url: plans/bloomberg-data-workflows-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/bloomberg-data-workflows-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/bloomberg-data-workflows-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-08-27'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 16
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x-parent: bloomberg
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